Heater and table



(Nq Model.)

E. M. BURCHARD. HEATER AND TABLE.

No. 520,632. Patented May 29, 1894.

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UNrTED STATES PATENT priest HEATER AND TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 520,632, dated May 29,1894.

Application filed February 20, 1894. Serial No. 500,852. v (No model.) A

.Ta aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 'I, EDWARDS M. BUBOH- ARD, residing at Hyattsville, inthe county of Prince Georgds and State of Maryland, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Heaters and Tables, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to aheater and heat directing screens, inconnection with a table, desk, or similar article of furniture.

The Object of the invention is to produce an article of furniture suchas a table, which shall be adapted to all the usual uses of suchfurniture, and which shall also have a heater connected therewith, andmeans for directing the heat downward, so that the heat or heated airshall escape near the base of the table or floor of the room.

Figure l is a longitudinal central section of a table and heater afterthe manner of this invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a table withscreens in a position in which they may be attached. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal section or diagram showing legs in section and support forheater. Fig. 4 is a cross section of a leg with bracket thereon. Fig. 5is a view of one of the screens detached and supported on a standard.

It is often desirable to have a small heater in some part of a roomwhere a stove would be inconvenient, as in a bay window or alcove.Usually in such case a table oradesk is a convenience. Also in such caseitis generally desirable to have the small amount of heat required asnear the floor as possible. With this view I have invented the apparatusabout to be described.

The table legs 1, 1, may be of any usual construction. Preferably thelegs have brackets, 2, near the lower ends, on which the heater and sidescreens are supported.

The table top proper, marked A, may be of wood or other material. Belowthis top, and inclosed by the framing F, there is a sheet or layer, B,of non-conducting material, preferably asbestus, and sheets D, D, ofcorrugated paper may be interposed. A sheet metal covering, C, may bebelow the asbestus, and preferably a refiector, E, of refractorysubstance is suspended below the table top.

The brackets 2, 2, form supports for the cross bars 3, 3, which barsconstitute a framework or'support for the heater platform 4. The crossbars may be made to hook into the brackets, and so serve as braces forthe legs. The platforn 4, may be used as a base for an oil or a'gasstove, or any other suitable heater as indicated at 5. By preference ashort section of gas pipe 6, will be permanently attached to one of thetable legs, so that a ready connection can be made to a drop light orother gas fixture, and connection made to a gas heater or burner insteadof an oil burner at 5.

The space between the table legs is preferably inclosed by a box 7,closed at the top and sides and open at the bottom, and having a door 8to give access to the heater. The sides of this box may be covered bylight coverings or screens, 9, 9, which are preferably of noneconducting material such as paper or millboard. The box or the screens,or both when used serve to retain the air which is heated by heater 5,under the table, and prevent the escape of such heated air except in adown- Ward direotion and near the floor. An air supply will bemaintained by a still lower stratum fiowing inward, butthe heated airwill be discharged near the floor, where it is generally wanted.

The removable sides or screens 9, when not in use with the table, may besuspended on standards and used as movable screens. These screens may beattached to the table legs by hooks, or be held, up by the brackets 2,or attached in any of the numerous Ways known for retaining such thingsin place.

The illustrations are not intended to illustrate all the forms of myapparatus. It will readily occur to the mechanic that the table or deskmay be in any usual form. That the screens need not be flat, but mayconform to the general character of the table, and are reasonable forconvenience and not of necessity. That the heater may be of any usualkind, and may be permanently attached to the table or not as convenient.That the non-conducting top may be varied, and possibly othermodifications may be made without departing from my invention.

I. claim- 1. A table or similar article of furniture having a closedheat non conducting top,

closed heat non-conducting sides extending nearly to the floor, and aheater supported within the closed sides, all substantially asdescribed.

2. A table or like article of furniture having* a closed wood top, aninclosed air space below said top, an asbestus layer below said airspace, closed sides extending nearly to the floor, and a support for aheater within said sides, all substantially as described.

3. The combination with the table having its top of heat non-conductingmaterial; and a beater supported beneath said top, of removable screensforning sides which extend from the table top nearly to the floor, andmeans for attaching the same, substantially as described.

4. The table having legs and a non-conducting top, the closed sidesextending from said *top nearly to the floor, the heater supportconnecting the legs of the table about on the plane of the lower edge ofthe closed sides, and the heater resting on said support, all Combinedand relatively arranged substantially as described.

5. The table having a closed wood top, the air chamber under the top andthe sheets of corrugated paper therein, the asbestus Sheet under saidair chamber, and the reflector, of refractory substance, arranged asdescribed, the heater, and the inclosing sides, all constructed andarranged substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aftix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

E. M. BURCHARD.

Witnesses:

CHARLES L. DUBoIs, W. A. BARTLETT.

